Axial Spondylometaphyseal Dysplasia Is Caused by C21orf2 Mutations.

Axial spondylometaphyseal dysplasia (axial SMD) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by dysplasia of axial skeleton and retinal dystrophy. We conducted whole exome sequencing and identified C21orf2 (chromosome 21 open reading frame 2) as a disease gene for axial SMD. C21orf2 mutations hav...

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Main Authors: Zheng Wang, Aritoshi Iida, Noriko Miyake, Koji M Nishiguchi, Kosuke Fujita, Toru Nakazawa, Abdulrahman Alswaid, Mohammed A Albalwi, Ok-Hwa Kim, Tae-Joon Cho, Gye-Yeon Lim, Bertrand Isidor, Albert David, Cecilie F Rustad, Else Merckoll, Jostein Westvik, Eva-Lena Stattin, Giedre Grigelioniene, Ikuyo Kou, Masahiro Nakajima, Hirohumi Ohashi, Sarah Smithson, Naomichi Matsumoto, Gen Nishimura, Shiro Ikegawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4790905?pdf=render